The government submitted a bill to the State Duma introducing…
The government submitted a bill to the State Duma introducing administrative liability for failure to comply with decisions by a governor or a regional operational headquarters established by him at the President of the Russian Federation's request.
Consensus
- The Russian government has submitted a draft law to the State Duma proposing administrative penalties for non-compliance with decisions made by regional governors or regional operational staff.
- The proposed law aims to amend the Code of Administrative Offenses (KоАП) by adding Article 19.5.
- The law targets non-compliance with decisions related to mobilization activities and measures to meet the needs of the Armed Forces, other military units, government bodies, and the population during the special military operation.
- Fines for individuals will range from 3,000 to 5,000 rubles.
- Fines for officials will range from 30,000 to 50,000 rubles.
- Fines for legal entities will range from 300,000 to 1,000,000 rubles.
- Legal entities may also face suspension of operations for up to 90 days.
- The law applies to decisions made by governors or operational headquarters within their jurisdiction.
- The law is intended to address the lack of federal-level administrative responsibility in regions not under martial law.
- The draft law was registered in the State Duma on August 20 and approved by the State Duma Committee on State Building and Legislation on August 21.
- The committee recommended considering the law during the autumn session of the Duma in October.
Points of divergence
- For officials, the penalty may include disqualification for one to three years in addition to or instead of a fine. — meduza
- The draft law includes data on administrative protocols: 666 in St. Petersburg in 2025, 257 in the first quarter of 2026; 39 and 19 in Stavropol Krai; 9 and 3 in Rostov Oblast. — vedomosti
- The statute of limitations for prosecution under the new article is proposed to be three years. — vedomosti
- Cases can be initiated by officials from regional operational headquarters and reviewed by judges. — vedomosti
- The law is justified by the federal importance of compliance with presidential decrees establishing operational headquarters. — vm
- Presidential decree requires regional governors to establish operational headquarters and leaders of Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporozhye, and Kherson regions to form defense headquarters. — vm
- The law does not specify the exact actions that constitute non-compliance. — tg_astrapress
Coverage (8 sources)
- Russian Government Proposed Fines Up to One Million Rubles for Refusal to Execute Governor and Operational Staff Decisions... — Настоящее Время
- Russians will be fined for failure to comply with regional authorities' decisions regarding mobilization — The Moscow Times
- Russian Government proposed to fine for non-compliance with governors and operational headquarters decisions — Meduza
- Cabinet proposed introducing fines for failure to implement decisions of operational headquarters — Ведомости
- Russians want to be fined for not fulfilling governors and operational staff decisions on war and mobilization, — Interfax — ASTRA
- Russian Government proposed to fine for failure to comply with operational headquarters decisions — Вечерняя Москва
- In Russia, it is proposed to fine those who fail to fulfill governors' decisions concerning the war with Ukraine — Дождь
- Government proposes introducing fines in Russia for failure to implement governors' decisions concerning the war with Ukraine and mobilization — Дождь (Telegram)